Andy Millne

Just now, mercuryg said:

I believe there are new retailers lined up, for several of the units including the larger supermarket.

That's reassuring then

Nothing I can tell has really changed since the last time the plans were presented to the public but they look good to me. I hope there's a concerted effort to attract new traders however as without that it's likely just to lead to a game of musical chairs with existing shops moving around. If there's a sudden influx of new businesses already lined up though then it could be a good kick up the backside and encourage bigger footfall.

It seems this topic has run its course. 

Please keep comments constructive.

It may be slightly exaggerated but I think Moe does have a point about bank holidays in Bedlington. During the day and evening I don't see much of an issue ( I still think it's worse than some other areas on Bank holidays) as it's policed quite well. Yes, there are fights, people throwing up and people generally being idiots but I'd say the majority are just out for a good day/night. The issues I see happen after closing time when the police presence seems to disappear. It's at this time up until around 3am you get the smashed shop windows, bus shelters, bins thrown about the place and flower beds ripped up. There should be more of an effort to disperse people from the town centre after closing time in my opinion.

Welcome @jaxe45  I changed your display name away from your email address so you don’t get spammed. You can still log in using the email address as normal. 

I've cleaned up a few personal comments in this topic. Please keep the discussion on topic. Differing opinions are expected but let's please try and keep things civil. 

I've brought back a static image feed for now. The camera is quite popular even just amongst members so the video feed isn't sustainable with the current setup. I'm looking into a way to keep the video feed going but in the meantime refresh to see an updated view.

It's going to be offline for a bit longer.

Fixes bit it may be intermittent over the next few days. 

Back soon folks. 

Yes the site is free for anybody to advertise their events. I have contacted East and West Bedlington community centres in the past but never seemed to get any traction.

Naaa it’s just the wrong kind of rain. ☔️

Happy birthday @Brian Cross

Thanks for the support CL. We have editorial control over what advert categories show so I looked into what was being blocked and whilst adult content was not permitted there were some "sensitive categories" still enabled. Thanks for highlighting it and site sponsorship.

Happy birthday Vic. Have a good one!

On the issue of two accounts. There are technical reasons why two accounts can be created without the user being fully aware of it. If a member creates an account using a regular registration process by manually entering name and email address etc. on the registration form then this will create one account. If they then later use one of the social sign in links (Sign in with Facebook, Google etc) then the site will try and identify an existing manual registration by linking the email address used for the initial registration with their social account. If there is no existing account using that email address then a new account will be created. It doesn't appear that there was any attempt to intentionally mislead people with two accounts nor am I suggesting anyone was implying such, I just thought I would clarify the situation.

It took a while but it's back up and running now.

There's two topics with references to Foggan's yard I can find (excluding yours  )

There was a Kwik Save in there at one point.

Happy birthday @Canny lass

Merry Christmas all. 

I promoted the link through the Bedlington.co.uk social channels too and in the next newsletter.